FEATURE
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The Year in Innovation
December 18, 2009 | Business Week
The innovation industry took a hit this year, as executives dialed back on initiatives—and paid the price. In 2009 the world was no longer flat; much of it was flat broke. Deflated by slumping sales and income, companies roundly did what innovation consultants say they never should—they cut spending on research and development.
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Chicken Little is History, Now’s the Time for Old School VC
December 17, 2009 | Xconomy
Lately articles on the state of biotech scream out like spinning headlines on the MovieTone News Reels from seventy years ago: “Millions out of work!” or “War in the Pacific!” Since I’m penning my article on Pearl Harbor Day, the dramatic headlines pop and sizzle. Extra, extra, read all about it! The newsboy cry of bad news that always sells: “The Sky is Falling!” All problems. Few solutions.
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Revamping the Venture Capital Model
What Most Angel Investors Can't Predict
December 18, 2009 | Business Week
Every year, the Angel Capital Assn., the industry trade group, conducts a survey of the leaders of its nearly 200 member groups. Part of this survey asks about the current year's investments, and part of it asks for predictions about the next year. On average, angel group leaders aren't very good at predicting. The reality was a decline in both investment dollars and number of investments.
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Technology Transfer Pervades the Business End of Climate Talks
December 17, 2009 | Congressional Quarterly
Buried throughout the text of a climate change bill that Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry introduced this month are no fewer than 17 references to U.S. companies’ intellectual property rights and the necessity of protecting them, a testament to the low-profile, highly complicated and perhaps unlikely role that patent law is playing as U.S. negotiators in Copenhagen.
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George Lipper, Editor
It's the Holiday Season. We hope yours, and all the days of 2010 be delightful, awsome, fascinating and inspiring. We appreciate your company
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